#38CD42#38CD42

#38CD42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.218 H 143.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD42
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(124, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(124, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -64.89, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 85.62, 139.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1757 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.218 143.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4440, 44.8940, 12.5304)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD42 #CD38C3

analogous

#78CD38 #38CD42 #38CD8C

triadic

#38CD42 #4238CD #CD4238

tetradic

#38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C3 #CD8C38

square

#38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C3 #CD8C38

split-complementary

#38CD42 #8C38CD #CD3878

monochromatic

#1C6F21 #28A030 #38CD42 #69D970 #9AE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD42

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD42	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.218 143.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85de7d',
    500: '#38cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd42;
$custom-light: #85de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.027,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74432,
    "c": 0.21761,
    "h": 143.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD42

secondary

#D18FCD

accent

#45D8E3

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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